Helga Runólfsdóttir was born on September 1, 1851 in S. Múlasýsla. She died in Manitoba on August 23, 1927.
Spouse: 1) July 16, 1869 Bergvin Kristjánsson b. 1841 in S. Múlasýsla. He died in Minnesota on March 21, 1880. 2) Pálmi Sigtryggsson b. August 17, 1862 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: 1. Kristjana b. 1870 2. Þórdís b. August 27, 1875. They were Bergvinsdottir. Helga and Pálmi took in a foster son, Haraldur Sigtryggur.
Helga emigrated west to Minnesota with Þórdís in 1877, travelling with her parents, Runólfur Jónsson and Margrét Bjarnadóttir. Bergvin emigrated west a year later with Kristjana. They settled in the Lincoln County Settlement. Pálmi came west in 1882 and travelled to Manitoba. He lived in the Argyle Settlement in 1910 as a renter.